Welcome to part 2 of my entrepreneurial journey…in case you missed it, read the first installment here. I started my business venture in my house in Bloubergstrand as I had a study on the bottom floor. I wanted to keep my overheads as low as possible. In the beginning it was slow going and I had lots of time to…
When you play your first cap for the Springboks you read the Springbok Code of Conduct in front of the whole team and management. One of the points in the code states: “I will put the team and its interests above my own ambitions”. I really enjoyed playing with ambitious people that were not happy to be chosen on the…
With the end of the year coming up and 2022 upon us, the struggle to keep focused is very real. After a year like 2021, we are stressed and burnt out more than ever before. Losing sight of our goals and the lack of discipline to push through can be a challenging barrier to overcome. As you probably know by…
Why Sport Is Good for your wellbeing – At the end of the 2005 Rugby season, I injured my neck quite badly in a practice session in Northampton. I was rushed to a spinal surgeon who immediately did CT Scans on my neck. I will never forget how he went through the scans before he sat me down and asked…
On the 21st of March 1975 I was born in Lusaka Zambia. Rumor has it that I was born in the same Hospital as the Australian Rugby player George Gregan. That is in fact not true as I was born in the University Teachers hospital and George was apparently born in the Military Hospital. In January 1980 my parents had…
South African Women’s Day is the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to the women who marched in front of the Union Building in 1956 during the apartheid era. This historic event was a courageous display of strength and resilience, forming a powerful movement, not only for gender equality, but for the basic human rights of people. August 9th has grown…
